What If Interest Rates Quadruple?

What If Interest Rates Quadruple?

Welcome to part 3 in an escalating series of ‘what if’s’. Please Note; I’m personally skeptical we will see any significant interest rate hikes over the next five years. (significant being more than 1% – 2%). And given that borrowers were/are qualified at a...
What If Interest Rates Quadruple?

What If Interest Rates Triple?

What If Interest Rates Triple? Rather than make noise about how ‘rates can only go up’ – which is a ridiculous statement. Rates can go any one of 3 ways at any time; up, down, or flat. And when they do move, it is typically in small increments. Although I guarantee...
What If Interest Rates Quadruple?

What If Interest Rates Double?

Every year, since always it seems, there are headlines warning us about interest rates.  Interest rates about to rise.  ‘Prepare For Interest Rate Shock’, being one of my local favourites, as the Bank Of Canada proceed to cut rates 0.25% the very next day. The main...
Winter Is Coming!

Winter Is Coming!

Winter Is Coming! Meh, really? Seriously, why is this a constant refrain in one form or another? I attended a five day event in January 2017, and the host (who is ‘not my guru’) repeated this like a chant, over and over and over each and every day. I’d also noticed a...
Don’t Cold Call

Don’t Cold Call

Few among us look forward to making cold calls. We know what it’s like to be on the receiving end. When someone cold-calls me, he is intruding on my life without an invitation. He is interrupting whatever I may be doing. This can bring out a side of me that is abrupt,...